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Understanding by Design Template
with questions
Stage 1 - Desired Outcome
Established Goals:
G
*Students will understand the Cold War and the role that the United States and Soviet Union played throughout this specific event
Understandings:
U
Essential Questions:
Q
Students will understand that…
* Why was the United States concerened with the spread of communism throughout the world?
How did the Cold War add to a a level of fear and frustration among the American government and Americanm citizens?
* Why did the United State find itself involved in a high level of competition with the Soviet Union? How did this change the actions and attitude of the American nation as a whole?
* The policy of containment that the United States established * The specific events that were related to thge Cold War * How the Cold War altered the actions of the United States and the Soviet Union?
* What specific understandings about them are desired?
* What misunderstandings are predictable?
Students will know . . .
K
Students will be able to
S
* What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit? Students will be able to define the cuases and events that were associetd with the Cold War. Students will also explain how these events altered the actions of the Soviet Union as well as the United States.
* What should they eventually be able to do as a result of such knowledge and skill? Students should be able to list all the events associated with the Cold War and relate the Cold War to the specific action of the U.S. during this specific era in time
Stage 2 - Assessment Evidence
Performance Tasks:
T
Other Evidence:
OE
* Through what authentic performance tasks will students demonstrate the desired understandings? Students will create a pod cast about a specific event associated with the Cold War. Students will play their pod casts in front of their fellow classmates
* Through what other evidence (e.g. quizzes, tests, academic prompts, observations, homework, journals) will students demonstrate achievement of the desired results? Students will take a major test about the topics associated with the Cold War
* By what criteria will performances of understanding be judged?Students will be judged on a rubric scale
* How will students reflect upon on self-assess their learning? Students will write an essay explaining what they learned from the project.
Stage 3 - Learning Plan
Learning Activities:
L
What learning experiences and instruction will enable students to achieve the desired results?
How will the design
W = Help the students know Where the unit is going and What is expected? Help the teacher know Where the students are coming from (prior knowledge, interests)?
H = Hook all students, and Hold their interest?
E = Equip students, help them Experience the key ideas and Explore the issue?
R = Provide opportunities to Rethink and Revise their understandings and work?
E = Allow students to Evaluate their work and its implications?
T = be Tailored (personalized) to the different needs, interests, and abilities of learners?
O = Be Organized to maximize initial and sustained engagement as well as effective learning?
Understanding by Design Template
Understanding by Design Template || || || || ||
with questions
Stage 1 - Desired Outcome
Established Goals:
G
* Students will create a podcast reporting on an event from the Cold War
Understandings:
U
Essential Questions:
Q
Students will understand that…
* Was the United States misguided in its Cold War policy?
* The Cold War was a very tense period in US and USSR relations
* The US was committed to a policy of containment
* The Cold War was an ideological struggle between the democratic, capitalism West and communist East
Students will know . . .
K
Students will be able to
S
* That Cold War conflict shaped the post WWII world
* The many incidents that made up the period known as the Cold War
Stage 2 - Assessment Evidence
Performance Tasks:
T
Other Evidence:
OE
* Desired outcome will be a radio broadcast recorded on garageband reporting on one of the major events of the Cold war
* Multiple Choice Exam
DBQ Essay on The Cold War
* Rubric on Radio Broadcasts and Advertisements
· Students will write a personal statement on what they have learned during the unit
- How did the Cold War add to a a level of fear and frustration among the American government and Americanm citizens?
* Why did the United State find itself involved in a high level of competition with the Soviet Union? How did this change the actions and attitude of the American nation as a whole?* The specific events that were related to thge Cold War
* How the Cold War altered the actions of the United States and the Soviet Union?
DBQ Essay on The Cold War